TY - BOOK ID - 101160354 TI - Digital towns : accelerating and measuring the digital transformation of rural societies and economies AU - Lynn, Theo. AU - Rosati, Pierangelo. AU - Conway, Edel. AU - Curran, Declan. AU - Fox, Grace. AU - O'Gorman, Colm. PY - 2022 SN - 3030912477 3030912469 PB - Cham Springer Nature DB - UniCat KW - Rural development KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology and state. KW - Technological innovations. KW - Economic aspects. KW - Community development, Rural KW - Development, Rural KW - Integrated rural development KW - Regional development KW - Rehabilitation, Rural KW - Rural community development KW - Rural economic development KW - Agriculture and state KW - Community development KW - Economic development KW - Regional planning KW - State and technology KW - Technology KW - Endowment of research KW - Science and state KW - Citizen participation KW - Social aspects KW - Government policy KW - digital policy KW - public policy KW - urban rural divide KW - broadband KW - connectivity KW - Digital Citizen KW - technology management KW - Open access UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101160354 AB - This open access book explores the digital transformation of small and rural towns, in particular, how to measure the evolution and development of digital towns. In addition to access to resources, competition from urban and global markets, and population trends, rural communities present lesser access and use of digital technologies and have lower digital competencies and skills than their urban counterparts. ER -